Andrew R. "Andy" Lorenz

Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, April 1, at Stone Funeral Home in Petoskey. The Rev. Dennis Stilwell will officiate.

Andy was born June 14, 1920, in Tawas City, the son of Andy and Rose (LaLonde) Lorenz. He grew up and attended school in Tawas.

Andy served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a crew chief and flight engineer from October 1941 to December 1945.

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He moved to Petoskey in 1947, where he became a partner with his brother-in-law, Frank Allen, in the Ottawa Trout Ponds in Alanson. In 1972, he sold the Trout Ponds and went to work for Maus and Hoffman. He worked in Petoskey in the summer months and in Naples, Fla., in the winter. He retired from Maus and Hoffman after 26 years of service.

Andy loved hunting and fishing and loved woodworking.

He was a member of the Petoskey Elks and the American Legion. He was also a member of St. Clement's Catholic Church in Pellston, and most recently a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.

Andy is survived by two sons, Robert Lorenz and his wife, Mary (Crago), of Petoskey and Arizona, and Dana Lorenz and his wife, Brenda, of Tucson, Ariz.; daughter, Beret Ann Eighmey and her husband, Paul, of Evergreen, Colo.; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Andy was preceded in death by his wife, Carol Lorenz, and by five sisters and three brothers.

Contributions in memory of Andy may be made to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Envelopes will be available at Stone Funeral Home, where friends may call from 1 p.m. until the time of service on Thursday.